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diff --git a/doc/bugs/redirect.mdwn b/doc/bugs/redirect.mdwn index 6296c3df1..87f6a67e7 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/redirect.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/redirect.mdwn @@ -24,3 +24,30 @@ then the following command should print 302 > In current ikiwiki, you can get a broadly similar effect by either > using \[[!meta redir=foo]] (which does a HTML `<meta>` redirect) > or reconfiguring the web server. --[[smcv]] + +>> The CGI spec (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3875) says that a CGI can cause a redirect by returning a Location: header. +>> So it's possible; desirable (due to your point about conflicting with git-annex support) is a different matter. + +>>> One of the major things that separates ikiwiki from other wiki software +>>> is that ikiwiki is a wiki compiler: ordinary page-views are purely +>>> static HTML, and the CGI only gets involved when you do something +>>> that really has to be dynamic (like an edit). +>>> +>>> However, there is no server-independent static content that ikiwiki +>>> could write out to the destdir that would result in that redirect. +>>> +>>> If you're OK with requiring the [[plugins/404]] plugin (and a +>>> web server where it works, which I think still means Apache) then +>>> it would be possible to write a plugin that detected symlinks, +>>> stored them in the `%wikistate`, and used them to make the +>>> [[plugins/404]] plugin (or its own hook similar to the one +>>> in that plugin) do a 302 redirect instead of a 404. +>>> Similarly, a plugin that assumed a suitable Apache +>>> configuration with fairly broad `AllowOverrides`, +>>> and wrote out `.htaccess` files, would be a feasible thing +>>> for someone to write. +>>> +>>> I don't think this is a bug; I think it's a request for a +>>> feature that not everyone will want. The solution to those +>>> is for someone who wants the feature to +>>> [[write a plugin|plugins/write]]. --[[smcv]] |